The Liberty Central School District is located in

Sullivan County, New York Sullivan County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 78,624. The county seat is Monticello. The county's name honors Major General John Sullivan, who was labeled at the time as a hero in the A ...

. The school consists of a

High School A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

and a

Middle School A middle school (also known as intermediate school, junior high school, junior secondary school, or lower secondary school) is an educational stage which exists in some countries, providing education between primary school and secondary school. ...

, which are part of the same complex but are administered as two separate schools, and an elementary school which is a separate building less than a mile away from the High School and Middle School.

General information

The Liberty Elementary School was built in 1925 as a centralized location for education in the Liberty Area. Overcrowding was a major problem, as too many students were going there (there were at one point tents on the front lawn to accommodate classes). Overcrowding is still a problem after the district's pre-kindergarten and kindergarten school closed, so now the grades taught go from pre-kindergarten to 4th. In 1963, the current High School was built to accommodate the influx of students, and the upper-level students were moved there from the original school, while those in lower grades remained. There are approximately 600 students attending it from 9th to 12th grade making it Class B for sports. In addition to normal courses Liberty High School offers advanced placement and distance learning classes. Due to more crowding, the Liberty Middle School was built through efforts by then Superintendent Richard Beruk and opened in 1991 to hold students from grades 5 to 8. Beginning in 2009 major renovations began to all three schools in the district. Some renovations include a new media center and science labs in the high school as well as a complete overhaul to the entire elementary school. The middle school also received a new roof during these renovations. Continuing these renovations, on May 19, 2015, a scaled-down version of the second phase of these renovations were approved after the full renovations were rejected on October 21, 2014.

Team sports hosted at Liberty Central

The Liberty Central school districts hosts various team sports which compete against other schools in the area and is a member district of the NYSPHAA, part of Section 9 in the association's eleven geographical areas. Each season of the school year hosts different sports, these team seasons are fall, winter and spring sports. There are three groupings of sports based on the ages of the players. Modified, which will be referred to as "Mod." Junior Varsity, referred to as "JV". Varsity, referred to as "V". Modified is grades seven and eight, junior varsity is grades nine(freshman) and ten(sophomore), and Varsity is grades eleven(Junior) and twelve(senior). Certain sports are only accessible to girls or boys, this will be depicted by: B for just boys, G for just girls, and B/G for boys and girls.

Fall sports

*Soccer Mod., JV, V—B/G * Football Mod., JV, V—B *

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

JV, V—G (Boys play in the Spring) * Cross Country—Mod., V—B/G (Cross Country includes all grades in those two groupings) *

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

—Mod., JV—G (Includes all grades in the two groupings) *

Cheerleading Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense physical activity. It can be performed to motivate sports teams, to ente ...

—All grades --

Winter sports

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

Mod., JV, V—B/G * Alpine Skiing V (Lower grades can prove worthy to do this sport through various tests) -- B/G *

Indoor Track Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping event ...

(and field) -- All grades—B/G *

—All grades -- *

Wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

Mod., V (All grades are included in these groupings) -- B

Spring sports

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...

—Mod., JV, V—B *

Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

—Mod., JV, V—G *

Track and Field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

—Mod, V—B/G (All grades are included in this grouping.) *

—V (All grades included) -- B (Girls play in the Fall) *Various events grouped under

School campuses

Liberty High School 125 Buckley St. Liberty, NY 12754 Liberty Middle School 145 Buckley St. Liberty, NY 12754 Liberty Elementary School 201 North Main St. Liberty, NY 12754

References

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* {{Education in Sullivan County, New York School districts in Sullivan County, New York Catskills School districts established in 1925 1925 establishments in New York (state)